For the third time this spring, Republicans have lost a U.S. House seat.
On Tuesday, Travis Childers beat Greg Davis in a special election to replace Mississippi Republican Roger Wicker, who served in the House since 1994 and was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott.
Childers' win gives Democrats a 236-199 edge over Republicans in Congress. Earlier this year, Democrats captured the Illinois district long represented by former Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert, who resigned. This month, Democrats claimed a seat in Louisiana that Republican Rep. Richard Baker vacated and that the GOP had held since 1974.
Tom Cole, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told The Associated Press that the Mississippi race showed that "Republicans must be prepared to campaign against Democrat challengers who are running as conservatives, even as they try to join a liberal Democrat majority."
Cole said the GOP must offer "positive change."
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